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Organizational Capabilities and U.S. War Production: The Controlled Materials Plan of World War II

By: Robert D. Cuff and Richard S. Tedlow
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  • | Pages:25
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Abstract

A vehicle for the discussion of a very important set of institutional arrangements that helped enable America to mobilize its economy for World War II.

Keywords

Economy; Production; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; War; United States

Citation

Cuff, Robert D., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Organizational Capabilities and U.S. War Production: The Controlled Materials Plan of World War II." Harvard Business School Case 390-166, April 1990. (Revised August 1997.)
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